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Article #2949Re: improve world by dropping languages with ;
From: Root Boy Jim
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 04:34
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 04:34
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In article <1991Mar02.200330.13408@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: > >Separate tokens with white space, of course, but don't try to tell me >that space, tabs, and newlines are different, or that the indentation >should affect the meaning. Well, here are *my* *preferences*. Given: I hate to type. Most statements are one line and vice versa Sometimes they aren't, and vice versa. Conclusions: Newlines should terminate statements If you want two statements on a line, separate or terminate them with ; If you want a statement on two lines, continue the first with \ There is already such a beast. The shell. So yes, newlines are somewhat different. Or if you prefer, there is horizontal whitespace, and there is vertical whitespace. -- [rbj@uunet 1] stty sane unknown mode: sane
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rbj From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: improve world by dropping languages with ; Message-ID: <125304@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 12 Mar 91 04:34:50 GMT References: <1991Feb22.211643.12151@linus.mitre.org> <1991Feb26.141339.22191@cl.cam.ac.uk> <1991Mar02.200330.13408@convex.com> Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA Lines: 33